Lead Engineer - Generation (Turbines)

ISU Research Park; Marshalltown (IA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ISU Research Park seeks a Lead Engineer - Power Generation to serve as the technical expert for turbine assets and to lead major outage projects. You will manage contractors, drive predictive maintenance programs, and influence long-term reliability.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering and 9 years of related experience, with strong leadership across cross-functional teams and a focus on safety and cost-effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission.
• 9 years of related experience required.
• Project management leadership experience preferred.
• Ability to work with subcontractors and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead turbine power generation projects and outages.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to solve complex issues.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and strategic guidance across teams.
• Identify safety improvements and integrate them into operating practices.
• Manage project budgets, accruals, and forecast changes.
• Support generation facility outages and reliability initiatives.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Verbal communication

Written communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Email

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Project management tools

Job description

Location: Marshalltown, IA | Multiple Locations

Job Description

Job Summary

Lead Engineer - Power Generation offers the opportunity to become the go-to technical expert for turbine assets while leading major outage projects, contractor management, predictive maintenance programs, and long-term equipment reliability initiatives. This role combines deep engineering expertise with project leadership and provides significant influence on the performance and availability of critical generation resources.

What you will do

Identifies problems and solutions and makes safety suggestions to maintain a safe work environment, using tools and standards to design safety into operating and maintaining equipment.

Proactively identifies and solves highly technical or complex problems using technical experience, extensive knowledge of principles, theories, and concepts and knowledge of business trends to generate innovative and/or original solutions.

Develops recommendations which provide technically sound and the most cost-effective solutions demonstrating critical thinking skills.

Anticipates customer needs and demonstrates the ability and confidence to present alternatives and constructively influence the customer's decision making.

Makes higher risk decisions that involve direct application of technical knowledge and may have an impact on multiple areas of the business with proper sign off from customer.

Coordinates and leads cross-functional teams to address complex technical or operational problems.

Provides leadership, coaching, direction, guidance, and advice to others with a wide range of influence on many levels of decision making.

Has established effective working relationships and credibility with employees, contractors, customers, functional groups, and internal and external peers.

Proactively identify and develop operational guidelines, standards, training, and strategic plans that help the customer sustain identified improvements.

Manages project budgets, including processes accruals and communicates anticipated changes in the budget.

Understands various corporate financial statements and can differentiate how project implementation will impact the rate payer versus the shareholder.

Understands income statement and balance sheet pro forma analyses and the implications of technical inputs to the pro forma, understanding of shareholder and customer impacts.

Supports generation facility outages.

Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Engineering program that is accredited through the Engineering Accreditation Commission Required

Required Experience

9 years of related experience.

Project management leadership experience preferred, along with ability to deal with subcontractors and cross-functional teams; recognized as having expertise in a particular area of the discipline.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels within the organization and external stakeholders.

Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).

Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.